


One of the species behind the attacks is believed to be Procompsognathus, an extinct species of dinosaur. In 1989, a series of strange animal attacks occur throughout Costa Rica and on the nearby island of Isla Nublar. The film was a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film ever at the time and spawning five sequels. Jurassic Park received a 1993 film adaptation of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. In 1997, both novels were republished as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of a zoological park showcasing genetically recreated dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real world implications. Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction action novel written by Michael Crichton.
